| 单词 | tomfoolery |
| 释义 | tomfoolery noun[U] old-fashioneduk/ˌtɒmˈfuː.lər.i/us/ˌtɑːmˈfuː.lɚ.i/sillybehaviour,especiallydone as ajoke （常有玩闹性质的）愚蠢行为；胡闹See also fooleryold-fashioned Stupid and silly behaviour
tomfoolery| American Dictionarytomfoolery noun[U] us/tɑmˈfu·lə·ri/foolish, oftenplayful,behavior Examplesoftomfoolerytomfoolery Especially apt to bring out the teeth in children istomfoolery. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the ordinary people who are unemployed and who want houses who are being harmed by thistomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The present degree oftomfoolerythat is going on within the authorities in their interpretation of the improvement grant system must be stopped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As soon as they thought they were safe, they started to give us thetomfoolerythat we have had this week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not insurance; it is sheertomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Precisely who is responsible for all thistomfoolery? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If those figures are accurate, why is thistomfooleryof bread rationing continued? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have no nonsense about it being a bit oftomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of this bit oftomfoolery, the police got active. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he look into that sort oftomfoolery? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the height of nonsense andtomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we cannot afford to give to the men and women in the gutter, we cannot affordtomfooleryof that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it has been said that it will lead to a combination of elaborate statisticaltomfooleryand political manipulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It should not indulge in this dangeroustomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a charge oftomfoolery, we are entitled to ask: who were the guilty men? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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